Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders . |
| 2 | Thus , everyone may have the same wage rate , w , per hour and the same unearned income , M , but there may be differences in the tastes for leisure leading to differences in hours worked , L. As a result , measured income may vary — even though all individuals have the same endowments and market opportunities . |
| 3 | Everyone must carry an internal passport , and we were always conscious of security everywhere . |
| 4 | Again such taxes discriminate against the poor because everyone must pay the same regardless of their actual wealth . |
| 5 | Everyone must feel a genuine sense of being included . |
| 6 | To them must belong the last word . |
| 7 | People who carry weapons into bank premises and threaten to use them must receive a severe sentence . ’ |
| 8 | Everyone should have a second chance . ’ |
| 9 | Thus it seems that the only understanding that the persons in the original position can reach is that everyone should have the greatest equal liberty consistent with a similar liberty for others . |
| 10 | that he thinks that erm of all of these forced motivations class interest is the most damaging and he argues there 's a remedy for this , we 'll see why it 's a remedy in a minute , that certain people ought to be given more than one vote so that although everyone should have some votes , not everyone should have the same number of votes . |
| 11 | It is right and proper that everyone should have the same opportunity , but this can be controlled by one officer in my belief . |
| 12 | No-one should forget the disastrous collapse of Greece 's infrastructure during World War Two and the bitter Civil War that followed . |
| 13 | No-one should underestimate the enormous gain in freedom for millions who had been trapped in the oppression of communist dictatorships , but the speed with which the liberation of eastern Europe occurred was so stunning that it raised what we can now see to have been unrealistic expectations of the transition to peace , democracy , and prosperity . |
| 14 | If there is only one adult resident , a discount of 25 per cent can be claimed ( s79 ) ; it is important therefore that if husband and wife cease to live together each of them should notify the local authority that separation has taken place so as to end joint liability and for the remaining resident spouse to claim the discount ( if applicable ) . |
| 15 | France has shown some sympathy ; an independent nuclear power , it has never accepted the notion that Russians and Americans between them should run the nuclear affairs of the world , let alone the post-Soviet world . |
| 16 | People are bound to miss Gary Lineker but successors like me must score a few and establish reputations of their own . ’ |
| 17 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 18 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 19 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 20 | I may expect no mass media to crusade , no millions of strangers to become suddenly familiar with my name and anxious for my cause . |
| 21 | If I may remind the right hon. Gentleman , I did not invent that figure . |
| 22 | I may spot the unnatural symmetry which a real stick would not have . |
| 23 | I may inform the right hon. and learned Gentleman that a single man on average earnings in 1978-79 was paying 42 per cent . |
| 24 | Anyway , who knows , I may get the odd half-hour just to pop down the gangway and explore those fascinating little shops down there . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I may need a few shots before I find the mark , Khan . ’ |
| 26 | My sister and I may share the same birthday , but we do n't share the same man , though if we did it would be none of your business . ’ |
| 27 | Later that year Thein Pe told Force 136 that there were many ‘ sympathisers ’ and even some activists ; he added ‘ Thakin Nu is what I may call an active sympathiser . |
| 28 | If I live , I may have a crooked back like my father , but I 'll probably die . ’ |
| 29 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 30 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |